Comments on aangirfan: CONDITIONAL DISCHARGE FOR 9 11 TRUTHER TONY ROOKE; DAILY MAIL REPORT

minou999 - "Conditional discharge - the offen...

2013-04-17T21:31:20.006+02:00

minou999 - "Conditional discharge - the offender is released and the offence registered on their criminal record. No further action is taken unless they commit a further offence within a time decided by the court (no more than three years)." CPS website

Assuming no further offence is committed within 6 months then he has walked. No Jail.

They could take him to court for non-payment again but there is a precedent now.

Hi Guy's, I was at the court that day and Ton...

2013-03-01T16:37:38.613+01:00

Hi Guy's,

I was at the court that day and Tony said he still isn't going to be paying for his TV license. He told all to take evidence of WTC7 to your local police station and hand it in under section 37 or 38, I can't remember. Don't worry about court costs, there was a collection for Tony and I could see paper money flying into the pot so I'm sure there was more then enough!

2013-02-28T16:33:59.668+01:00

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Many thanks for all the wise comments. - Aangirfa...

2013-02-26T19:02:21.470+01:00

Many thanks for all the wise comments.

- Aangirfan

10% of magistrates courts' time in England is ...

2013-02-26T18:46:05.501+01:00

10% of magistrates courts' time in England is reputedly spent on TV licence non-payment.

It should be replaced by subscription-only and the BBC given to its employees to be run as a workers cooperative, like John Lewis's, with a n-sale clause.

Everything about the BBC is anachronistic and arguably, amoral.

This wasn't really a victory because the condi...

2013-02-26T09:56:46.010+01:00

This wasn't really a victory because the conditional discharge is for 6 months after which I presume TR could go to jail. Another example that the UK has become a huge debtors' prison. Then the magistrates court can't deal with questions of terrorism, another waste of time, but hopefully TR has got his foot in the door.

One interesting comment on the DM article - why is the BBC still a state-owned institution whilst privatising has been going on in all other sectors. Hmmmmm?

A pyrrhic victory, poor sod still had to pay £200 ...

2013-02-26T09:05:03.574+01:00

A pyrrhic victory, poor sod still had to pay £200 costs yet the license fee is only £145. Nevertheless, I applaud his efforts.